(9103) Komatsubara Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 December 1996 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Japanese amateur astronomer Mitsugu Komatsubara (b. 1953) is a reporter who has frequently covered astronomy and space development. Together with Tomohisa Ohno, he recently rehabilitated the late comet and nova hunter Minoru Honda's observatory “Seijin-Sanso”.Naming citation (20030806/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Komatsubara is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Komatsubara is 2.11 au from the Sun and 3.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9103 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 XW30 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.28 km (#12,086 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.350 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.98 |
| Orbital period | 3.19 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.91 – 2.42 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.119 |
| Inclination | 3.80° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.894 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 14 December 1996
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- (6418) Hanamigahara
- (6420) Riheijyaya
- (6422) Akagi
- (6423) Harunasan
- (6462) Myougi
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